Inside Thales Alenia Space’s clean rooms, engineers are currently completing the Cygnus for NG-21, where final system verification and testing are underway to ready for delivery to Northrop Grumman in May 2024.
The resupply journey continues 🌌 @northropgrumman Cygnus #21 has recently left @Thales_Alenia_S's facilities in #Turin and will soon reach the United States, getting ready for the @Space_Station. #Spaceforlife @NGCNews @NASA
The overall goal of the DORA mission, is test a wide-field laser receiver technology. This mission will characterize receiver technology performance on orbit. As a secondary mission DORA will host a compact 21cm cosmology receiver which is a future application of high bandwidth interconnect. The radio astronomy payload goals are to space-qualify novel RF components and to map interference in the 50 to 150MHz band.The satellite will be launched as a secondary payload aboard the ISS resupply mission NG-21, from Cape Canaveral, FL, No Earlier Than August 1, 2024. It will be deployed from the ISS into an orbit at 425 km apogee and 412 km perigee, on an inclination from the equator of 51.6 degrees, about a month later. Transmission will begin 45 minutes after deploy, and cease upon demise. Atmospheric friction will slow the satellite and reduce the altitude of the orbit, until de-orbiting occurs less than one year after launch
NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s 21st Station Resupply LaunchJUL 01, 2024Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency and will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting early August to launch the Cygnus spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.Following launch, the space station’s Canadarm2 will grapple Cygnus and the spacecraft will attach to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port for cargo unloading.Credentialing to cover prelaunch and launch activities is open to U.S. media. The application deadline for U.S. citizens is 11:59 p.m. EDT, Friday, July 19. All accreditation requests must be submitted online at:https://media.ksc.nasa.govCredentialed media will receive a confirmation email upon approval. NASA’s media accreditation policy is available online. For questions about accreditation, or to request special logistical support, email: [email protected]. For other questions, please contact NASA’s Kennedy Space Center newsroom at: 321-867-2468.Each resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations. Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver scientific research to the space station, significantly increasing NASA’s ability to conduct new investigations aboard humanity’s laboratory in space.In addition to food, supplies, and equipment for the crew, Cygnus will deliver research, including supplies for a new STEMonstration and several test articles to observe water flow in microgravity. Other investigations aboard include vascularized liver tissue and a bioreactor to demonstrate the production of blood and immune stem cells. Researchers will learn more about biomanufacturing in microgravity to create higher quality treatments for people on Earth.NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative also is sending two CubeSats to deploy from the orbiting laboratory, CySat-1 from Iowa State Universityand DORA from Arizona State University, making up ELaNa 52 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites).Crews have occupied the space station continuously since November 2000. In that time, 280 people from 21 countries have visited the orbital outpost. The space station is a springboard to NASA’s next great leap in exploration, including future missions to the Moon under Artemis, and ultimately, human exploration of Mars.Learn more about NASA’s commercial resupply missions at:https://www.nasa.gov/station
Our 21st #Cygnus spacecraft will be named the S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, after the commander of the 1986 Challenger. Learn more:
A Falcon 9 will launch the Cygnus NG-21 resupply mission to the International Space Station on August 3 around 10 a.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), JULY 22, 2024 – The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory will host a science webinar to discuss upcoming investigations launching on Northrop Grumman’s 21st Commercial Resupply Services mission to the orbiting outpost. This webinar will showcase some of the innovative research that will be conducted in the unique environment of the space station. The webinar is slated to take place Friday, July 26 at 1 p.m. EDT.Investigators leading projects sponsored by NASA and the ISS National Lab, including some funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), will participate in the webinar. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is slated to take flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in early August.Davide Marotta, ISS National Lab program director for in-space biomanufacturing, and Meghan Everett, NASA’s deputy chief scientist for the International Space Station Program, will join the webinar with the following expected speakers: • Susan Margulies, assistant director of the NSF Directorate for Engineering: Margulies leads the NSF Directorate for Engineering, which has an annual budget of nearly $800 million, supporting research to generate new knowledge and problem-driven science to identify new solutions to societal challenges. NSF has collaborated with the ISS National Lab since 2015 to award more than 70 projects that advance fundamental knowledge in space for the benefit of life on Earth, and Margulies will expand on the importance of this • Alicia Boymelgreen, assistant professor at Florida International University: Boymelgreen will discuss an NSF-funded investigation leveraging microgravity to improve models of active colloids, which are groups of suspended particles that move within a liquid or gel medium. Results could lead to improvements in a broad range of technologies—from biosensing and drug delivery to water desalination and photothermal therapies for cancer treatment. • Anthony Atala, director of Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine: Atala will highlight an investigation studying the behavior of engineered liver tissue constructs containing blood vessels in microgravity. Results could advance space-based tissue engineering and eventually lead to the in-space production of tissues for organ transplants on Earth. This project originally stemmed from NASA’s Vascular Tissue Challenge before evolving into a spaceflight investigation. • Clive Svendsen, executive director of the Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Svendsen will discuss a project aiming to establish methods that support the in-space manufacturing of stem cells that can be matured into a wide variety of tissues to improve regenerative medicine on Earth. • Michele Hooks, education project manager for NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement: Hooks will present a STEMonstration on the Screaming Balloon activity launching on this mission. STEMonstrations are three- to five-minute educational video shorts developed through NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement Next Gen STEM Project. For this STEMonstration, astronauts onboard the space station will inflate two balloons, one with a penny inside and one with a hex nut inside, and will demonstrate the differences in centripetal force in microgravity. • Pubudu Handakumbura, team leader in biology at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Handakumbura will discuss a NASA-sponsored investigation examining the carbon dioxide capture mechanisms of two types of grasses, Brachypodium distachyon and Setaria viridis. Results could show how photosynthesis and overall plant metabolism change in space. This knowledge could support the development of ways to use carbon-metabolizing plants in bioregenerative life-support systems on future missions.The webinar will be available on Zoom for media. Members of the media who would like to participate are required to register for Zoom access no later than one hour in advance.The public can participate by submitting their question by using #ISSNationalLab on social media before the webinar to ask questions. A recording will be available on the ISS National Lab YouTube channel shortly afterward. Additional information about ISS National Lab-sponsored projects on this mission will be made available to the media and public in the coming days.
Quote from: catdlr on 07/23/2024 07:28 pmNASA, Boeing to Discuss Crew Flight Test Mission, Ground TestingLeadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, to provide the latest status of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission aboard the International Space Station.<snip>Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew ProgramMark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing<snip> Another gripe. No Space Station rep to address the status of Crew 9/Cygnus launches after the Falcon 9 upper stage failure...
NASA, Boeing to Discuss Crew Flight Test Mission, Ground TestingLeadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, to provide the latest status of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission aboard the International Space Station.<snip>Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew ProgramMark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing
Media Invited to Science Webinar on Projects Launching to Space Station on Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus SpacecraftQuoteKENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), JULY 22, 2024 – <snip>Investigators leading projects sponsored by NASA and the ISS National Lab, including some funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), will participate in the webinar. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is slated to take flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in early August.<snip>
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), JULY 22, 2024 – <snip>Investigators leading projects sponsored by NASA and the ISS National Lab, including some funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), will participate in the webinar. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is slated to take flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in early August.<snip>
COMMENT | EVENT | TIG | ORB | DV | HA | HP |COMMENT | | GMT | | M/S | KM | KM |COMMENT | | | | (F/S) | (NM) | (NM) |COMMENT =============================================================================COMMENT COMMENT NG-21 Launch 216:15:28:51.000 0.0 426.3 408.4COMMENT (0.0) (230.2) (220.5)COMMENT =============================================================================
However,Day of year in 2024 216 = 3 August
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 07/24/2024 03:09 amHowever,Day of year in 2024 216 = 3 AugustAugust 3rd launch date was confirmed in the Crew-9 News Conference at 11:30.NASA’s 21st Northrop Grumman Mission Launches Scientific Studies to Station
COMMENT | EVENT | TIG | ORB | DV | HA | HP |COMMENT | | GMT | | M/S | KM | KM |COMMENT | | | | (F/S) | (NM) | (NM) |COMMENT =============================================================================COMMENT GMT 213 Reboost Prel 213:10:00:00.000 1.5 426.7 403.3COMMENT (4.9) (230.4) (217.7)COMMENT COMMENT NG-21 Launch 216:15:28:51.000 0.0 426.3 408.4COMMENT (0.0) (230.2) (220.5)COMMENT COMMENT NG-21 Capture 218:10:00:00.000 0.0 425.5 408.6COMMENT (0.0) (229.8 ) (220.6)COMMENT COMMENT =============================================================================
Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide; updated July 27 (after Starlink 10-9):QuoteThe next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on July 28 at 12:13-4:13 a.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 39A on August 2 at 12:19-4:19 a.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the Cygnus NG-21 resupply mission to the ISS from pad 40 on August 3 at 11:28 a.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches from pad 40. A Falcon 9 will launch the Worldview Legion 3 & 4 satellites from pad 40 on August TBD. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. A Falcon 9 will launch four astronauts on Crew-9 to the ISS from pad 39A on August 18 at the very earliest, at 5:39 a.m. EDT if that day. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on July 28 at 12:13-4:13 a.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 39A on August 2 at 12:19-4:19 a.m. EDT. A Falcon 9 will launch the Cygnus NG-21 resupply mission to the ISS from pad 40 on August 3 at 11:28 a.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. Upcoming launches include more Starlink batches from pad 40. A Falcon 9 will launch the Worldview Legion 3 & 4 satellites from pad 40 on August TBD. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. A Falcon 9 will launch four astronauts on Crew-9 to the ISS from pad 39A on August 18 at the very earliest, at 5:39 a.m. EDT if that day. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
290423Z JUL 24HYDROPAC 2552/24(83).SOUTH PACIFIC.DNC 06.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 031629Z TO 031702Z, 041606Z TO 041640Z, 051540Z TO 051614Z, 061518Z TO 061551Z, 071455Z TO 071529Z, 081432Z TO 081506Z AND 091407Z TO 091441Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 29-06.00S 147-57.00W, 27-39.00S 149-23.00W, 42-51.00S 171-18.00W, 44-17.00S 169-33.00W.2. CANCEL THIS MSG 091541Z AUG 24.//
NASA Flight Engineers Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps spent Monday preparing for Cygnus’ arrival reviewing its mission profile and practicing robotic capture maneuvers on a computer. Dominick will command the Canadarm2 to capture Cygnus at 5 a.m. on Aug. 5 while Epps backs him up and monitors the approach and rendezvous activities. Afterward, robotics controllers on the ground will remotely take over Canadarm2 and guide Cygnus toward the Unity module’s Earth-facing port where it will be mated for five-and-a-half months.
